Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Don't rush recognition referendum, says LNP's first Indigenous senator
The Guardian
The first female Indigenous senator for the Liberal National party has said a referendum on constitutional recognition should not be rushed. The newly endorsed Queensland LNP senator Joanna Lindgren – the great-niece of the first federal Indigenous ...

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ABC Online
Bernardi warns 'divisive' Indigenous constitutional referendum 'doomed to fail'
ABC Online
A small but powerful conservative strand within the Federal Government is actively speaking out against a referendum to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has committed to hold the referendum vote and has ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous youth need to escape 'tyranny of low expectations', Prime Minister ...
ABC Online
The report was compiled by the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, which pays to put hundreds of Indigenous children through top schools and universities. Mr Abbott said the students were succeeding in "modern Australia". "This is a foundation ...
'Yearn for the day' when success is normal: PMSBS

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Intercontinental Cry
Aboriginal or Australian?
Intercontinental Cry
“All Aborigines and part-Aborigines are expected eventually to attain the same manner of living as other Australians and to live as members of a single Australian community, enjoying the same rights and privileges, accepting the same responsibilities, ...

ABC Online
Indigenous health programs' funding from Western Australian government ...
ABC Online
The Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia has described being hit by a double whammy after finding out about a 50 per cent state budget cut to Indigenous programs. Budget papers show that funding for Aboriginal-run medical services has halved ...

ABC Online
Indigenous youth need to escape 'tyranny of low expectations', Prime Minister ...
ABC Online
The report was compiled by the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, which pays to put hundreds of Indigenous children through top schools and universities. Mr Abbott said the students were succeeding in "modern Australia". "This is a foundation ...
'Yearn for the day' when success is normal: PMSBS

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The Sunshine Coast Daily
Indigenous legal services hit by funding cuts
The Australian
The Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service's bid for funds for a Prison Support Program, which assists released prisoners reintegrate into society, was among unsuccessful applications in the first round of the government's IAS grant process.
Support for indigenous constitutional recognitionThe Sunshine Coast Daily
Slow progress in Constitutional recognition for Indigenous AustraliansEureka Street (satire) (registration)
Majority of Australians 'would vote for Indigenous recognition' in a referendumThe Guardian
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The Australian
Leaders unite to finish the land rights battle
The Australian
“None of us have got the silver bullet or the single answer, but we're all searching for the best interests for the indigenous peoples, not just our own groups, but across Australia.” The meeting heard excessive regulation, crippling development costs, ...

Indigenous Health Leader Wins Scholarship
Pro Bono Australia
Marg O'Donnell AO is currently Chair of Breast Cancer Network of Australia and the Visiting Committee, Griffith University Law School. She has been the Director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Division in the QLD Department of Justice and ...

ABC Online
Rare French paintings of Tasmanian Aboriginal life before colonisation to tour ...
ABC Online
The pictures are owned by France's Museum of Natural History in La Havre and will tour the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG), Launceston's Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, the National Museum of Australia in Canberra and several other ...

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The Sunshine Coast Daily
Support for indigenous constitutional recognition
The Sunshine Coast Daily
NEW polling revealing broad support for constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians shows the time has come to act, according to a Sunshine Coast lawyer and member of the Prime Minister's expert panel. Glenn Ferguson has served since 2010 on ...
Slow progress in Constitutional recognition for Indigenous AustraliansEureka Street (satire) (registration)
Majority of Australians 'would vote for Indigenous recognition' in a referendumThe Guardian
Indigenous referendum would passSky News Australia
ABC Online -Yahoo7 News
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Eureka Street (satire) (registration)
Slow progress in Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians
Eureka Street (satire) (registration)
Cover of 'No Small Change: The Road to Recognition for Indigenous Australia' It is now more than three years since the Expert Panel set up by the Gillard Government reported on how the Constitution might be amended providing recognition of Aboriginal ...
Majority of Australians 'would vote for Indigenous recognition' in a referendumThe Guardian
Indigenous referendum would pass: pollThe Australian (blog)
Frank Brennan aka 'the meddling priest' renews calls for Indigenous ...ABC Online
SBS -Radio Australia
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Indigenous referendum would pass: poll
The West Australian
A referendum on indigenous recognition in Australia s constitution would pass if it was held now A referendum on indigenous recognition in Australia's constitution would pass if it was held now. A referendum on indigenous recognition in Australia's ...

The Guardian
Majority of Australians would vote for Indigenous recognition in a referendum
The Guardian
The overwhelming majority of voters, including two-thirds of Coalition voters, would support a referendum on recognising Indigenous Australians if a poll was held today, a survey by advocacy group Recognise reveals. The poll of 750 Aboriginal and ...
Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ...Radio Australia

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Indigenous education program to build sustainable careers
The Australian (blog)
There are many approaches to improving outcomes in indigenous education. At the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, we don't pretend to have all the answers. But we have one. And with a success rate of 92 per cent for indigenous students on ...

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The Australian
Acknowledging indigenous heritage a good beginning
The Australian
All Australians could be surer of our distinctive national identity and place in the world if the Constitution were to acknowledge indisputable facts unique to indigenous Australians. Adapting the language used by the expert panel and adopted ...
Save the date: #IHMayDay15 is coming your way, soon…Crikey (blog)

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ABC Online
Judge slams indigenous jail rates
The Australian
“The failure to bring the Aboriginal incarceration rate anywhere near proportionate levels represents a continuing institutional degradation of Australia's indigenous people,” Justice Kourakis told the South Australian Press Club. He warned that budget ...
Indigenous jailing rate shameful, SA Chief Justice Chris Kourakis saysABC Online

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The Australian
Budget 2015: Indigenous shortfall 'puts services at risk'
The Australian
Patrick Green, from Western Australia's remote community of Fitzroy Crossing, said those working to improve the lives of indigenous Australians were frustrated at government waste and bureaucratic inefficiency. “If it's $1 that leaves Canberra, what is ...

NT News
Alice Springs retains Imparja Cup
NT News
Imparja Cup. Mayor Damien Ryan, Cricket Australia Andrew Ingleton, and Minister for Sport and Recreation Gary Higgins. PIC: REX NICHOLSON Source: Supplied. THE future of indigenous cricket will be Alice Springs until 2018. As flagged in the NT News ...

Boxing welcomes recognition of Indigenous Olympians
Australian Olympic Committee
BOXING: Boxing Australia, with it's proud history of indigenous Olympians, has welcomed the decision by the Australian Olympic Committee to recognise the nation's first people in its Constitution. No sport has had more indigenous Australian Olympians ...